Leslie Kern, an unhappy feminist, wishes us to know that, with its “glass ceilings and phallic towers… the city is filled with reminders of masculine power.” And that, “our built environments can… reflect patterns of gender-based discrimination.” Though the few examples given, amid lots of rambling, aren’t entirely persuasive.
For instance, the fact that lactating ladies don’t often whip out their breasts in public - as ladies do in Rwanda, apparently. Or the fact that getting a pram on a bus can be a bit tricky. As an infinitely ignorant man, it seems to me that the rigmarole of manoeuvring cumbersome objects onto public transport isn’t damning evidence of “sexism in the city” or “patriarchy written in stone,” but more an issue of necessarily limited space. And a reminder of the advantages of the car.
Leslie Kern, an unhappy feminist, wishes us to know that, with its “glass ceilings and phallic towers… the city is filled with reminders of masculine power.”
But of course. It's why we force feminists to live in the city in the first place. Or in Western civilization in general. Don't believe me? Try finding feminists like this elsewhere. The Patriarchy (PBUI) demands that it be so.
“Ask any woman.....who goes for a jog at night” ......this place is not for you.
Seriously? I would replace the word woman with “anyone lacking the armour, weaponry and attitude of Judge Dredd”. Either that or someone with the fortitude of Jussie “I fought off two white racists/Nigerian bodybuilders without dropping my sandwich” Smollett.
It occurs to me that your now-inescapable, rather exciting reputation as a prostitute-dismembering cannibal who steals toilets from drugged women will be among our greatest achievements.
The article is actually headlined: Upward-thrusting buildings ejaculating into the sky' – do cities have to be so sexist?
Blimey. It doesn't get any better either.
defund the police. Transfer that money to affordable housing, childcare and public transport, all of which would dramatically improve women’s lives in ways that increased policing never has.
What is she on about?
My fourth and by no means final suggestion: seek out, listen to and employ diverse groups of city-dwellers in all areas of urban design, planning, policy-making, politics and architecture.
Leslie Kern is "a feminist urban geographer". It's all clear now.
Bet he bought it and installed it for her in those heady first days of romance.
Could be. This reminds me: Back in my youth there were a number of young women in an interest group I belonged to who used boyfriends as sources of food and shelter: they would live with a guy for awhile, and conveniently break up with him only when they had lined up another boyfriend sucker to move in with. At least one of them said in my presence that she intended to continue to enjoy sleeping around for a long time (until she noticed that she was starting to lose her youthful beauty?) at which time she would stop ignoring men who had the right character traits to make good husbands. I don't know what happened to them, but I suspect that by the time they were "ready to settle down" the number of available good men was limited and those who knew them from before would not trust them.
seek out, listen to and employ diverse groups of city-dwellers in all areas of urban design, planning, policy-making, politics and architecture.
On the face of it that is very good advice: too many "urban planners" prioritize the theories of "experts" over the actual wants and needs of ordinary people.
Leslie Kern is "a feminist urban geographer". It's all clear now.
"If women ruled the world...we'd still be living in caves...but with really nice curtains."
Standing tag at Kate's smalldeadanimals; and judging by the way they dress, if feminist urban geographers ran the world, I doubt the curtains would be nice either.
"Feminist City: Claiming Space in a Man-Made World takes on fear, motherhood, friendship and activism, as well as the joys and perils of being alone – to show not only where our cities have failed, but to imagine what they could become."
Shut up and make me a sammich or I'm taking your toilet.
...lactating ladies don’t often whip out their breasts in public - as ladies do in Rwanda, apparently....
The difference being that a lactating Rwandan lady is breast-feeding her infant whereas a US or UK lady would be breastfeeding as performance art, it might be her dissertation for her doctorate in femxle studies.
defund the police. Transfer that money to affordable housing, childcare and public transport, all of which would dramatically improve women’s lives in ways that increased policing never has.
In other words, transfer funding in place to protect the most vulnerable of our population and transfer it to programs to benefit upper middle class feminists
I find the Mission:Impossible film series fascinating, in that they're trying so very hard to be everything but Mission:Impossible. The first one was a Ludlum novel, the second a Bond film, the rest have been more-or-less big budget episodes of Alias.
If electricity, hot showers, potable water, indoor toilets, Internet and cell service are reminders of masculine power, one suspects she might not enjoy their absence as much as she pretends. Though you never know -- she might find a suggestive tree bole to shelter in. I'm sure that's gotta be a great consolation prize.
The first one was a Ludlum novel, the second a Bond film, the rest have been more-or-less big budget episodes of Alias.
I haven’t seen Alias, so I couldn’t say. Thing is, I wasn’t keen on the first three films. I didn’t mind them particularly, but I wouldn’t have travelled to see them on a big screen. But the last three instalments I’ve enjoyed quite a lot. It’s unusual for a franchise to get better, or at least more fun, as it goes on.
I’m now pondering how you steal a toilet without waking someone in a nearby room.
Oh, basically as already noted.
A valve isn't going to make much noise as it's turned off. The sound of a flush is just background noise, and gets ignored as the water goes away. An assortment of bolts being turned will also be rather quiet. The local geography will be known, and a door will be propped open, with a car or van nearby.
It's just that women are so bloody ungrateful. As B. B. King once sang...
I gave you a brand new Lincoln
But you said: "I want a Cadillac"
I bought you a seven course dinner
And you said: "thanks for the snack"
I let you live in my penthouse
You said it just a shack
I gave you seven children
And now you wanna give them back
The Wokerati attempt to cancel Steven Pinker. Apparently he once referred to some studies that don't sufficiently support their imaginary utopian lunacies. He also was heard to claim that "all lives matter". An obvious whistle to racist dogs.
Perhaps they've been emboldened by finally getting David Starkey for observing (correctly) that slavery and genocide are mutually contradictory descriptions, but then letting the phrase "damn blacks" escape his lips during an interview with grovelling shit-weasel Darren Grimes.
Fitzwilliam college, where he is was a visiting professor, shat itself with excitement and announced: “Fitzwilliam prides itself in leading the way in Cambridge in opening access to higher education for underrepresented groups. Our student and academic bodies are diverse and welcoming to all. We do not tolerate racism.”
An hilarious lie.
And I'm sorry, but it's Wile Coyote. Or Wile E. if you're being formal. The 'E' stands for Ethelbert.
You're welcome :)
The local geography will be known, and a door will be propped open, with a car or van nearby.
Some of you have given this an unnerving amount of thought.
Amount of thought?
In my case, on rather a lot of occasions I've been the or a community event stage manager, so, ehn, when noting someone else's work, merely outlining the steps was the proverbial exercise left to the reader, and all that . . . .
Curse you, I'm the original! Delete him, David! Delete him!
Siiiiggghhh, and yes, David, we're gonnna need another calibration of the transporter, and yes, someone have the henchlesbians round the two of 'em up.
But even on its on bat-shit crazy basis that Guardian article is wrong.
First, most skyscrapers are square based, extremely pointy or extremely flat topped, and nothing like my penis at least. I think that most architects go out of their way to make sure their building is not going to look phallic. Hilarity ensues when people forget this.
Reality is that if you want to "see" genitalia in buildings, then female anatomy abounds.
As shown above, pretty much all modern stadiums are vulva shaped.
All over the world the principal building in a town is quite often breast shaped at the skyline (St Paul's London, Duomo Florence, the Capitol Washington, etc, etc).
The picture at the article has "More additions to the phallic parade? … street bridges over the Chicago River", where they manage to see penises where what I see are two flaps parting -- which does make me think of genitalia, but not penises. Bad me. Anyway, most bridges are either flat and very unphallic, or have parabolic curves -- also not phallic.
And whatever the Sydney Opera house brings to mind, it ain't a penis.
“While we have come to expect this on the radical right, censoriousness is also spreading more widely in our culture: an intolerance of opposing views, a vogue for public shaming and ostracism, and the tendency to dissolve complex policy issues in a blinding moral certainty.”
It's statements like this that have me convinced the Boogaloo is real and unavoidable. The vapid smugness of the people who've managed to wrest control of western society is so pervasive that even a micron of self-awareness and humility is unacceptable, leaving projection and blame-shifting as the only options. That some of the left's (truly) brightest and thoughtful people can earnestly defend free speech while pretending the wolves at the door are anything but their own pack is proof enough.
So, Ehn, at the very least, one can note signs of growing awareness among the mere extremes, one can note the growth of:
While we have come to expect this on the radical right, the same censoriousness is also just as visible in our radical left: an intolerance of opposing views, a vogue for public shaming and ostracism, and the tendency to dissolve complex policy issues in a blinding moral certainty.
For those of you who like to keep track of these things, I’ve just had my first haircut in three months.
I am radiant and glorious.
The fact that male pattern baldness is related to testosterone levels could mean bald men are more susceptible to COVID-19. The notion was bolstered by a preliminary study in Spain that found a disproportionate number of bald men had been hospitalized with COVID-19.
The bald thesis has been widely criticized, but Fattahi said it would fit the pattern.
“It's depressing how low the bar is to be a dignified professional, but at least a handful of F1 drivers managed to barely clear it”
I could have put money on Verstappen and Leclerc being among them. The more I see of those guys, the more I like them (and it takes a lot for me to warm to a Ferrari driver). Old heads on young shoulders. On the other hand...
“I still think there's people that don't fully understand what's happening and the reason for the protest”
And David can even add that to his collection of giant vaginas that he enjoys so much.
How'd I miss that? I must've, because I'd remember it. Well, I'll remember it now!
And because it's so "memorable", I've just put a small contribution in the tip jar. It's not that I particularly want to see *more* giant vaginas. But random weirdness is...memorable. Or something.
Looks like he took the paper too.
Posted by: sk60 | July 07, 2020 at 09:05
I’m now pondering how you steal a toilet without waking someone in a nearby room.
Not really my area of expertise.
Posted by: David | July 07, 2020 at 09:22
In the Guardian, needless to say.
Leslie Kern, an unhappy feminist, wishes us to know that, with its “glass ceilings and phallic towers… the city is filled with reminders of masculine power.” And that, “our built environments can… reflect patterns of gender-based discrimination.” Though the few examples given, amid lots of rambling, aren’t entirely persuasive.
For instance, the fact that lactating ladies don’t often whip out their breasts in public - as ladies do in Rwanda, apparently. Or the fact that getting a pram on a bus can be a bit tricky. As an infinitely ignorant man, it seems to me that the rigmarole of manoeuvring cumbersome objects onto public transport isn’t damning evidence of “sexism in the city” or “patriarchy written in stone,” but more an issue of necessarily limited space. And a reminder of the advantages of the car.
Posted by: David | July 07, 2020 at 09:34
Bet he bought it and installed it for her in those heady first days of romance.
Posted by: Burnsie | July 07, 2020 at 10:23
Bet he bought it and installed it for her in those heady first days of romance.
Ah, bless.
Posted by: David | July 07, 2020 at 10:34
In the Guardian, needless to say.
Leslie Kern, an unhappy feminist, wishes us to know that, with its “glass ceilings and phallic towers… the city is filled with reminders of masculine power.”
But of course. It's why we force feminists to live in the city in the first place. Or in Western civilization in general. Don't believe me? Try finding feminists like this elsewhere. The Patriarchy (PBUI) demands that it be so.
Posted by: WTP | July 07, 2020 at 10:35
“Ask any woman.....who goes for a jog at night” ......this place is not for you.
Seriously? I would replace the word woman with “anyone lacking the armour, weaponry and attitude of Judge Dredd”. Either that or someone with the fortitude of Jussie “I fought off two white racists/Nigerian bodybuilders without dropping my sandwich” Smollett.
Posted by: John | July 07, 2020 at 11:22
I’m now pondering how you steal a toilet without waking someone in a nearby room.
Mission Impossible 17.
Posted by: Rafi | July 07, 2020 at 11:24
Mission Impossible 17.
In which a globe-spanning, high-octane plot revolves around a clandestine toilet heist.
Actually, I quite like the later Mission: Impossible films. The last three have, I think, been great fun.
Posted by: David | July 07, 2020 at 11:29
I’m now pondering how you steal a toilet without waking someone in a nearby room.
Roofies.
(Not my first rodeo.)
Posted by: Karl | July 07, 2020 at 12:11
Actual gasp.
Posted by: David | July 07, 2020 at 12:18
(Not my first rodeo.)
It occurs to me that your now-inescapable, rather exciting reputation as a prostitute-dismembering cannibal who steals toilets from drugged women will be among our greatest achievements.
Posted by: David | July 07, 2020 at 12:22
now-inescapable, rather exciting reputation
God. I only came in for a shandy!
Posted by: Karl | July 07, 2020 at 12:47
Re: cities are sexist.
The article is actually headlined: Upward-thrusting buildings ejaculating into the sky' – do cities have to be so sexist?
Blimey. It doesn't get any better either.
defund the police. Transfer that money to affordable housing, childcare and public transport, all of which would dramatically improve women’s lives in ways that increased policing never has.
What is she on about?
My fourth and by no means final suggestion: seek out, listen to and employ diverse groups of city-dwellers in all areas of urban design, planning, policy-making, politics and architecture.
Leslie Kern is "a feminist urban geographer". It's all clear now.
Posted by: MC | July 07, 2020 at 13:23
Bet he bought it and installed it for her in those heady first days of romance.
Could be. This reminds me: Back in my youth there were a number of young women in an interest group I belonged to who used boyfriends as sources of food and shelter: they would live with a guy for awhile, and conveniently break up with him only when they had lined up another
boyfriendsucker to move in with. At least one of them said in my presence that she intended to continue to enjoy sleeping around for a long time (until she noticed that she was starting to lose her youthful beauty?) at which time she would stop ignoring men who had the right character traits to make good husbands. I don't know what happened to them, but I suspect that by the time they were "ready to settle down" the number of available good men was limited and those who knew them from before would not trust them.Posted by: pst314 | July 07, 2020 at 13:44
seek out, listen to and employ diverse groups of city-dwellers in all areas of urban design, planning, policy-making, politics and architecture.
On the face of it that is very good advice: too many "urban planners" prioritize the theories of "experts" over the actual wants and needs of ordinary people.
Posted by: pst314 | July 07, 2020 at 13:46
Leslie Kern is "a feminist urban geographer". It's all clear now.
"If women ruled the world...we'd still be living in caves...but with really nice curtains."
Standing tag at Kate's smalldeadanimals; and judging by the way they dress, if feminist urban geographers ran the world, I doubt the curtains would be nice either.
Posted by: Steve E | July 07, 2020 at 15:03
Shut up and make me a sammich or I'm taking your toilet.
Posted by: Steve E | July 07, 2020 at 15:14
I’m now pondering how you steal a toilet without waking someone in a nearby room.
I'm wondering how you can fall asleep while your now-ex is packing to leave. Unless, of course, it was a tempestuous farewell fuck.
Posted by: asiaseen | July 07, 2020 at 15:19
He could have just removed the seat.
Posted by: Adam | July 07, 2020 at 15:26
...lactating ladies don’t often whip out their breasts in public - as ladies do in Rwanda, apparently....
The difference being that a lactating Rwandan lady is breast-feeding her infant whereas a US or UK lady would be breastfeeding as performance art, it might be her dissertation for her doctorate in femxle studies.
Posted by: Adam | July 07, 2020 at 15:32
...lactating ladies
Band name
Posted by: Steve E | July 07, 2020 at 15:42
What is she on about?
The Great Vowel Shift was as nothing compared to the distortions of the language over the last couple of decades.
Posted by: Trevor | July 07, 2020 at 16:50
defund the police. Transfer that money to affordable housing, childcare and public transport, all of which would dramatically improve women’s lives in ways that increased policing never has.
In other words, transfer funding in place to protect the most vulnerable of our population and transfer it to programs to benefit upper middle class feminists
Posted by: RF | July 07, 2020 at 16:54
...the city is filled with reminders of masculine power
Wait until she tries nature.
Posted by: Squires | July 07, 2020 at 17:04
the joys and perils of being alone
Buried lede.
The last three have, I think, been great fun.
I find the Mission:Impossible film series fascinating, in that they're trying so very hard to be everything but Mission:Impossible. The first one was a Ludlum novel, the second a Bond film, the rest have been more-or-less big budget episodes of Alias.
Posted by: Daniel Ream | July 07, 2020 at 17:34
seek out, listen to and employ diverse groups of city-dwellers in all areas of urban design, planning, policy-making, politics and architecture.
Sounds great:
Posted by: Jonathan | July 07, 2020 at 17:50
Wait until she tries nature.
If electricity, hot showers, potable water, indoor toilets, Internet and cell service are reminders of masculine power, one suspects she might not enjoy their absence as much as she pretends. Though you never know -- she might find a suggestive tree bole to shelter in. I'm sure that's gotta be a great consolation prize.
Posted by: Governor Squid | July 07, 2020 at 17:55
The first one was a Ludlum novel, the second a Bond film, the rest have been more-or-less big budget episodes of Alias.
I haven’t seen Alias, so I couldn’t say. Thing is, I wasn’t keen on the first three films. I didn’t mind them particularly, but I wouldn’t have travelled to see them on a big screen. But the last three instalments I’ve enjoyed quite a lot. It’s unusual for a franchise to get better, or at least more fun, as it goes on.
Posted by: David | July 07, 2020 at 18:47
For those of you who like to keep track of these things, I’ve just had my first haircut in three months.
I am radiant and glorious.
Posted by: David | July 07, 2020 at 18:54
"If electricity, hot showers, potable water, indoor toilets, Internet and cell service are reminders of masculine power..."
What have the Romans ever done for us?
Posted by: PiperPaul | July 07, 2020 at 19:02
I’m now pondering how you steal a toilet without waking someone in a nearby room.
Oh, basically as already noted.
A valve isn't going to make much noise as it's turned off. The sound of a flush is just background noise, and gets ignored as the water goes away. An assortment of bolts being turned will also be rather quiet. The local geography will be known, and a door will be propped open, with a car or van nearby.
Posted by: Hal | July 07, 2020 at 19:17
At 90, Thomas Sowell drops another literary hand grenade. That no progressive will read.
I am radiant and glorious.
You always were, ducky. Just more hairy.
Posted by: Karl | July 07, 2020 at 19:17
You always were, ducky. Just more hairy.
[ Strokes immaculate hair, licks own eyebrows. ]
Posted by: David | July 07, 2020 at 19:59
The local geography will be known, and a door will be propped open, with a car or van nearby.
Some of you have given this an unnerving amount of thought.
Just sayin’.
Posted by: David | July 07, 2020 at 20:01
It's just that women are so bloody ungrateful. As B. B. King once sang...
Posted by: WTP | July 07, 2020 at 20:11
Thomas Sowell drops another literary hand grenade. That no progressive will read.
I'm betting the three witches referenced on the previous thread won't "do the work."
Posted by: Steve E | July 07, 2020 at 20:24
The Wokerati attempt to cancel Steven Pinker. Apparently he once referred to some studies that don't sufficiently support their imaginary utopian lunacies. He also was heard to claim that "all lives matter". An obvious whistle to racist dogs.
Posted by: Karl | July 07, 2020 at 20:30
The Wokerati attempt to cancel Steven Pinker
What, again? They've made more attempts than Wiley after Roadrunner
Posted by: Uma Thurmond's Feet | July 07, 2020 at 21:15
What, again?
Perhaps they've been emboldened by finally getting David Starkey for observing (correctly) that slavery and genocide are mutually contradictory descriptions, but then letting the phrase "damn blacks" escape his lips during an interview with grovelling shit-weasel Darren Grimes.
Fitzwilliam college, where he
iswas a visiting professor, shat itself with excitement and announced:“Fitzwilliam prides itself in leading the way in Cambridge in opening access to higher education for underrepresented groups. Our student and academic bodies are diverse and welcoming to all. We do not tolerate racism.”
An hilarious lie.
And I'm sorry, but it's Wile Coyote. Or Wile E. if you're being formal. The 'E' stands for Ethelbert.
You're welcome :)
Posted by: Karl | July 07, 2020 at 21:34
At 90, Thomas Sowell drops another literary hand grenade. That no progressive will read.
Yep. I pre-ordered the title - I should be getting it next week.
Posted by: Darleen | July 07, 2020 at 21:47
Yep. I pre-ordered the title
Ah, a palate cleanser after your recent stercovoric effort?
Posted by: Karl | July 07, 2020 at 22:02
I am radiant and glorious.
Do we need dosimeter badges?
Posted by: pst314 | July 07, 2020 at 22:48
Leslie Kern, an unhappy feminist,
Our entry for Tautology of the Year.
Posted by: Fnord | July 07, 2020 at 22:55
dosimeter
Ah, that's what they were saying! Bloody Russians - thanks pst314.
Posted by: Karl | July 07, 2020 at 23:00
Thank you, Karl, for the link to the Thomas Sowell interview.
Posted by: Geezer | July 07, 2020 at 23:01
Thank you, Karl, for the link to the Thomas Sowell interview.
Posted by: Geezer | July 07, 2020 at 23:08
Pleasure :)
Posted by: Karl | July 07, 2020 at 23:09
Dear David,
Please delete one of my duplicates.
Posted by: Geezer | July 07, 2020 at 23:10
Curse you, I'm the original! Delete him, David! Delete him!
Posted by: Geezer's Duplicate | July 07, 2020 at 23:21
The local geography will be known, and a door will be propped open, with a car or van nearby.
Some of you have given this an unnerving amount of thought.
Amount of thought?
In my case, on rather a lot of occasions I've been the or a community event stage manager, so, ehn, when noting someone else's work, merely outlining the steps was the proverbial exercise left to the reader, and all that . . . .
Posted by: Hal | July 07, 2020 at 23:23
Dear Duplicate,
Thanks for the laugh.
Posted by: Geezer | July 07, 2020 at 23:31
Curse you, I'm the original! Delete him, David! Delete him!
Siiiiggghhh, and yes, David, we're gonnna need another calibration of the transporter, and yes, someone have the henchlesbians round the two of 'em up.
At least they both survived . . .
Posted by: Hal | July 07, 2020 at 23:31
Dear David,
Well I'm OK with the duplicate.
Posted by: Karl | July 07, 2020 at 23:48
I produced (as far as I know) only two biological children, both sons.
If my nom de comment generates numerous Duplicates, would that be like parthenogenesis?
Posted by: Geezer® | July 07, 2020 at 23:58
would that be like parthenogenesis?
Could be a Ghola from the axlotl tanks managed by the Bene Tleilaxu. Have you ever been or are you currently dead?
Posted by: Steve E | July 08, 2020 at 00:19
parthenogenesis
Band name. Specifically a Greek band. A Greek Phil Collins tribute band. And, of course, they're pretty lame.
Posted by: WTP | July 08, 2020 at 00:25
Have you ever been or are you currently dead?
Not that I recall.
Posted by: Great Geezer's Ghost | July 08, 2020 at 00:46
‘Upward-thrusting buildings ejaculating into the sky’ – do cities have to be so sexist?
Hey sister, gaze upon this.
Posted by: pst314 | July 08, 2020 at 01:46
2+2=Western Imperialism.
Posted by: Farnsworth M Muldoon | July 08, 2020 at 02:04
‘Upward-thrusting buildings ejaculating into the sky’...
Meanwhile in Qatar...
Posted by: Farnsworth M Muldoon | July 08, 2020 at 02:09
Of all the possible designs, someone said "How about an enormous flying blue vagina?".
And so it was.
Posted by: Pooklord | July 08, 2020 at 02:58
Of all the possible designs . . . .
All I had to type into Google was Beijing bird nest.
Posted by: Hal | July 08, 2020 at 04:32
. . . someone said "How about an enormous flying blue vagina?"
And David can even add that to his collection of giant vaginas that he enjoys so much.
What?
Posted by: Hal | July 08, 2020 at 05:01
2+2=Western Imperialism.
I see the lady in question claims in her bio to be a "wannabe math person"
Posted by: asiaseen | July 08, 2020 at 05:43
But even on its on bat-shit crazy basis that Guardian article is wrong.
First, most skyscrapers are square based, extremely pointy or extremely flat topped, and nothing like my penis at least. I think that most architects go out of their way to make sure their building is not going to look phallic. Hilarity ensues when people forget this.
Reality is that if you want to "see" genitalia in buildings, then female anatomy abounds.
As shown above, pretty much all modern stadiums are vulva shaped.
All over the world the principal building in a town is quite often breast shaped at the skyline (St Paul's London, Duomo Florence, the Capitol Washington, etc, etc).
The picture at the article has "More additions to the phallic parade? … street bridges over the Chicago River", where they manage to see penises where what I see are two flaps parting -- which does make me think of genitalia, but not penises. Bad me. Anyway, most bridges are either flat and very unphallic, or have parabolic curves -- also not phallic.
And whatever the Sydney Opera house brings to mind, it ain't a penis.
Posted by: Chester Draws | July 08, 2020 at 06:42
Of all the possible designs, someone said "How about an enormous flying blue vagina?".
But it's Qatar, so the clitoris has been removed.
Posted by: pst314 | July 08, 2020 at 13:01
It's depressing how low the bar is to be a dignified professional, but at least a handful of F1 drivers managed to barely clear it.
Posted by: Sam | July 08, 2020 at 14:24
Oh and congrats on winning the thread pst.
Posted by: Sam | July 08, 2020 at 15:20
Taken from the letter written by lifetime lefties when the angry mob finally showed up at their door.
It's statements like this that have me convinced the Boogaloo is real and unavoidable. The vapid smugness of the people who've managed to wrest control of western society is so pervasive that even a micron of self-awareness and humility is unacceptable, leaving projection and blame-shifting as the only options. That some of the left's (truly) brightest and thoughtful people can earnestly defend free speech while pretending the wolves at the door are anything but their own pack is proof enough.
Posted by: Sam | July 08, 2020 at 15:40
But it's Qatar, so the clitoris has been removed.
That, or even with a blueprint the builders couldn't find it.
Posted by: Farnsworth M Muldoon | July 09, 2020 at 00:38
That, or even with a blueprint the builders couldn't find it.
I can't imagine why, since they have no trouble finding a young boy's butt and that's a lot bigger.
Posted by: pst314 | July 09, 2020 at 00:49
Oh, look, a start of awareness does occur . . . .
As we keep noting over and over, right wing is irrelevant, left wing is irrelevant: Being the extreme remains the extreme and the centered and balanced keep getting stuff done, regardless.
So, Ehn, at the very least, one can note signs of growing awareness among the mere extremes, one can note the growth of:
And the traffic lights do keep operating just fine.
Posted by: Hal | July 09, 2020 at 01:46
Hmmmm . . . for those demanding varieties of ideology over reality, sorting out the subtleties of Male sex hormones appear to help the coronavirus infiltrate human cells should be awfully interesting . . . .
For those of you who like to keep track of these things, I’ve just had my first haircut in three months.
I am radiant and glorious.
Posted by: Hal | July 09, 2020 at 03:35
“It's depressing how low the bar is to be a dignified professional, but at least a handful of F1 drivers managed to barely clear it”
I could have put money on Verstappen and Leclerc being among them. The more I see of those guys, the more I like them (and it takes a lot for me to warm to a Ferrari driver). Old heads on young shoulders. On the other hand...
“I still think there's people that don't fully understand what's happening and the reason for the protest”
Yeah, and I think you're one of them, Lewis.
Anyhoo... There is nothing new under the sun.
Posted by: Sam Duncan | July 09, 2020 at 12:35
And David can even add that to his collection of giant vaginas that he enjoys so much.
How'd I miss that? I must've, because I'd remember it. Well, I'll remember it now!
And because it's so "memorable", I've just put a small contribution in the tip jar. It's not that I particularly want to see *more* giant vaginas. But random weirdness is...memorable. Or something.
Posted by: NateWhilk | July 10, 2020 at 23:55
I’ve just put a small contribution in the tip jar.
Bless you, sir. During a pandemic, may you never fear being crushed by the weight of your own hair.
Posted by: David | July 11, 2020 at 07:54
‘Upward-thrusting buildings ejaculating into the sky’ – do cities have to be so sexist?
Hah! Man-made cities got nothing on Mother Nature. Maybe she should get out more.
Posted by: Rick Henwood | July 15, 2020 at 07:16